Venkatesh acts for public and private companies and lead managers on M&A, primary and secondary capital raisings, IPOs, re-quotations and restructurings, with a strong focus on regulated transaction environments.
Biography
Venkatesh practises in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and corporate transactions (including regulated transactions).
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He acts for a number of companies (both private and public) and regularly advises on regulated and unregulated merger and acquisition transactions (including takeovers and schemes of arrangement), primary capital raisings and backdoor listings (such as initial public offerings), secondary capital raisings (including rights issues and share purchase plans), public company re-quotations and restructuring.
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He has also acted for lead managers in relation to a number of fundraisings. In addition to transactional work, Venkatesh has a keen interest and understanding of the regulatory environment and advises extensively on aspects of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules and NSX Listing Rules, including on ongoing compliance obligations for listed entities. Venkatesh has been recognised by Doyle's Guide as a Recommended Lawyer for Corporate in New South Wales.
Credentials
Academic qualifications:
- Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Science
Venkatesh's experience
Private M&A
- Acting for 5 fund managers in respect of the divestment of their securities in connection with the $157M sale of Demyst Data to Feedzai Inc.
- Acting for the majority shareholders of Independent Reserve on its $178M sale to IG Group.
- Acting for the shareholders on their sale of their shares in Ezycollect Holdings to Sidetrade Inc for A$77M.
- Acting for Mav3rik on its sale to Virtusa.
Capital Raisings
- Acted for SharonAI on its US$100M+ pre-IPO capital raising.
- Acted for Golden Globe Resources Limited on its IPO and ASX Listing.
- Acted for Lode Resources Limited on its IPO and ASX Listing.
- Acted for Zoom2u on its IPO and ASX Listing.
- Acted for Qbiotics Ltd on its $65M equity raising from TDM.
Regulated M&A
- Acted for HMA International on its $170M acquisition by Anchorage Capital Partners by way of Scheme of Arrangement.
- Acted for the Independent Board Committee of Far East Gold Limited on its defence of a hostile takeover bid from its major shareholder.
- Acted for Vigorous Resources on its acquisition of Rey Resources Ltd by way of takeover.
- Acted for MOQ Limited on its acquisition by Brennan IT by way of Scheme of Arrangement.
- Acted for Jindal Group on its acquisition of Wollongong Coal Limited by way of takeover.